Action Quote by Thomas P.M. Barnett

Once Europe's colonial empires were sent into deep decline, thanks to World War II, America became globalization's primary replicating force, integrating Asia into its…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

There is no battle space the U.S. Military cannot access. They said we couldn't do Afghanistan. We did it with ease. They said we…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

To ask a country with 750 million people living on less than a dollar a day to optimize their development for the environment as…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Most Americans have little idea of how far our nation's worldwide standing had fallen by the end of the Bush administration; no matter how…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this question...What Makes…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Some Western demographers have posited, due to the female shortage created by the one-child policy, that China will be forced to field a vast…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

During the cold war, it was easy for the Pentagon to justify its budget, as the Soviets essentially sized our forces for us. We…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

I don't think, post 9/11, we're going to wait for real obvious things like Country A attacking Country B - because Country A doesn't…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

An economically confident America has - since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century - tended toward global engagement. It…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett